Initial B: Christ Enthroned and David Playing the Harp, cutting from a psalter or a choir book, by Cristoforo Cortese, 1401–1402
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Initial B: Christ Enthroned and David Playing the Harp, cutting from a psalter or a choir book

Cristoforo Cortese (Italian, active Venice, Italy 1390 - 1445)

1401–1402

Medium
Tempera colors and gold
Classification
Detached leaf
Dimensions
Leaf: 25.4 × 17.2 cm (10 × 6 3/4 in.)
Culture
Italian (Venice)
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum, Manuscripts
Credit line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of T. Robert and Katherine States Burke, Ms. Burke 37
Rights
CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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